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Position:Home>Genealogy> What is the meaning of the surname Tibbs?Question: What is the meaning of the surname Tibbs?what are its origins Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "brave people" tibbs English: patronymic from a short form of the medieval personal name Tibalt, Tebald (see Theobald). Theobald English and German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the unattested element 㾥udo- ??people??, ??race?? + bald ??bold??, ??brave??. The English surname represents a learned form, re-created from French Th㩯bald; the common medieval form of the name was Tebald, Tibalt (Old French Teobaud, Tibaut). |